canvas as shown by the fact that only thelower topsails, Inner and outer jibs and the main and foretopmast staysails were set. Inaddition one of the lower topgallant railswas bent onto the foreyard and set. In fact she had been reduced to such an extent thatnothing short of a hurricane would have warranted a further reduction.

Kitain (Katola - sole survivor) stated that he was in

the water from about 9pm to 4 30 the following morning.

It is scarcely possible that in that time he swam 15 miles

to the Island as he stated the possibility is that the vessel

was much closer into Legendre lsIand and struck rocks in

the vicinity. According to the wharfinger at Roeburne the

vessel either struck the Delambre Reef or rocks in that

vicinity of Legendre Island. Arrangements have been

made to endeavour to locate the wreck.

The Glenbank, a barque of 1481 tons, en-route from San Nicholas (South America) to Balla Balla, with1800 tons of copper ore, sailed into a hurricane and foundered. Only Ankee Katola (Finn) who wasaloft survived and managed to swim the 15 miles to Legendre Island. It is believed the barque struckrocks as reported by the survivor and that cargo had shifted. Wrecksite e.u. quotes that the Glenbankturned turtle in the hurricane. Probing into the past for the truth can be a tricky business andmisinformation abounds. In the case of Waratah one has to keep searching and cross-referencing untilconsistency emerges. There is also a tendency to rely on official documents from the time as gospel.Everything needs to be taken with a pinch of salt until the facts make sense and the logic adds up. Ifthe Glenbank did strike a rock and went down within minutes it would certainly confirm my hypothesisthat the same happened to Waratah when she struck the outer margin of the St John Reef.